27523 Pte Albert Henry Brocklehurst, 9th Bn, Lancashire Fusiliers

27523 Pte Albert Henry Brocklehurst of the 9th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers was killed in action on 4th October 1917, one of 3111 British soldiers to die on this date. He was born in Chester and living in Pendleton, Lancashire when he enlisted.

Both Soldiers Died in The Great War and The Commonwealth War Graves Commission give his battalion as the 9th Lancashire Fusiliers. His medal index card though, notes the 15th Battalion and so it seems likely that he went overseas with the 15th and later transferred to the 9th. He originally arrived in France on the 23rd November 1915. His number, which looks to fall within a 'rogue' out-of-sequence batch, dates to around May 1915.

Albert Brocklehurst is buried in Cement House Cemetery at Langemarck; grave reference X.F.27. The War Graves Photographic Project has a photo of his last resting place.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Ancestry
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission